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Bowlesia septentrionalis C. & R. 



Coulter and Rose (5) give the range of this species from 

 Texas to Southern CaHfornia and north to the Sacramento Val- 

 ley. Their description calls for white petals. Our plant has pur- 

 ple petals in the fresh state. De Candolle (1) lists seven species 

 but makes no mention of the color of the petals. In view of the 

 fact that purple and blue often fade in herbarium specimens, and 

 that the description was based upon herbarium specimens, I 

 venture to amend the description as to the color of the flowers. 

 The petals are purplish , less than one millimeter in length , ovate- 

 oval in shape and usually dry whitish. 



One of the collections which Coulter and Rose cite as being 

 typical of this species was collected by J. F. Joor near Galveston, 

 Texas, April 21, 1877. There are two sheets of this collection 

 in the Louisiana State University Herbarium, also one from the 

 Banks of the Brazos near Calvert, Texas, April 22, 1880, by 

 Joor, which are identical with our plants with the exception that 

 the petals show no color. The collection on which the purple 

 petals were noticed was from lawns and waste places in New 

 Orleans, Penfoiind and Brown 2063.^ 



Calyptrocarpus Tampicana (DC.) Small 



Small records this species from Southern Texas and also trop- 

 ical America. This species is a common weed in waste places in 

 New Orleans. It blooms nearly the year round. 

 New Orleans, Penfound & Brown 2065. 



Stachys agraria Cham. & Schl. 



The range as given by Small is Texas and Mexico. Mohr re- 

 ports this species from Mobile Co., Alabama, as "a fugitive on 

 ballast but observed subsequently." It is abundant In several 

 places in Louisiana but it is niore abundant in the open fallow 

 fields than in the shady woods, although it has been found in both 

 habitats. West Baton Rouge Parish, Browm 1756 ; Baton Rouge, 

 Peterson 1909: Brown 1911. 



7. Mohr, C. "Plant Life of Alabama." 1901. 



5. Coulter and Rose. "North American Umlielliferae." 1900. 



1. De Candolle. "Prodromus." pt. 4, 75. 



